A woman from South London has changed her name to Jemmaroid Von Laalaa by deed poll in an attempt to get back into her Facebook account.

Miss Von Laalaa – formerly known as Jemma Rogers – set up her Facebook account seven years ago using the ‘ridiculous’ pseudonym because she wanted to avoid unwanted ‘friend’ requests from casual acquaintances.

However, last month, she received a message from the social media giant asking her to prove that Jemmaroid Von Laalaa was a genuine person.

The 30-year-old holistic therapist from Lewisham used her best Photoshop skills to doctor an image of her bank card, hoping to fox Facebook into thinking her family name was in fact Von Laalaa.

It clearly didn’t fool anyone as, a day later, she was locked out of her account.

She tried emailing Facebook to explain what had happened but the account remained suspended, so, in desperation, she’s now changed her name by deed poll – and ordered new bank cards and a driving licence so she could prove her identity.

Despite all this, her account is still locked – she’s just received an automated message to say Facebook is looking into the problem.

‘I know I’ve been a completely moron, but Facebook are being ridiculous. I’ve been locked out of my account for five weeks now and have lost all of my photos, messages and precious memories,’ says Jemmaroid.

She adds: ‘What if an abuse victim wants to have Facebook but doesn’t want people to find her? Facebook has too much power – it’s scary.’

Update: A spokesperson for Facebook told Metro.co.uk this evening that the account has been reactivated.

‘Facebook asks people to use their authentic names, as we believe this makes people more accountable for what they say,’ they said.

‘In this instance we made a mistake. We apologise for any inconvenience that this caused.’